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The Comment of the Week comes from the Muskbox, which is a gold mine of comments from not only stupid questioners, but also the HJE faithful. This week's comment has a little of both! In regards to one of the Muskbox questions, Eric commented as follows: "I was at the Cubs game Aug. 9 in Pittsburgh. In the first inning, Darwin ... Read More

Well, it's been a busy day! There was the news of Jim Hendry being fired a month ago, and there was a walkoff win for the Chicago Cubs against their biggest opponent... THEIR OWN SELF-CONFIDENCE. It's a good bet that to win the Sporadic Comment of the Week competition, you should just agree with everything Kermit says, which is exactly what ... Read More

Opening Day is here, gang! The Cubs have, predictably, already lost. However, one of YOU won today, thanks to Carlos Silva! JerBear50 had this to say about Silva's snotty departure from the Cubs: This seems a lot like the recently dumped girlfriend who thinks she�s more of a catch than she really is, and then realizes she�s a used up ... Read More

Well, I'll be damned. It's the first week in a long time where HJE actually had content every day INCLUDING an entry to the T79! Things are turning around in these parts! The Comment of the Week is along that line, and it comes from our good friend blueslacker, who reminisces about the start of the T79. I ... Read More

Well, gang, I know you've been dying for a Comment of the Week since the last one. This comment is actually from last week, but I had to post it for a couple of reasons. Duke Kunka says, "I live in Poland. I had to get up at 4am to watch the Cubs get swept by Arizona. I stay up ... Read More

Hey, gang! Skip here again. I understand that the Cubs officially took my name out of the running for their managerial opening and named Mike Quade the manager for 2011 and beyond. I, for one, would like to extend the most heartfelt congratulations to Mike. It must be nice to have that "interim" tag taken off the front ... Read More

Gang! It's the first Comment of the Week in the post-Piniella era. What a time to be alive! I hope the changes around here aren't too startling. You know Skip will always be here for you, even after that other #41 abandoned you all. It's time for yet another weekly comment! This week's Comment of the ... Read More

So, Mike Quade is off to a pretty good start as interim manager. He's won three games in a row and swept the mighty Nationals. Wow! I'm sooooooo impressed. What were the Nationals? 53-71 going into Monday night's game? And they had to face whom? Livan Hernandez? Hell, that guy was practically ... Read More

Hey there, gang! It's time for another Comment of the Week. This one is Santo-esque in its brilliance. Blueslacker brings us this gem from the Ronversation post: You failed to meet your contractual obligation to mention at least once what an injustice Ronnie�s exclusion from the HOF is. Way to drop the ball. Why do we ALWAYS drop the ball ... Read More

Hey there, gang! It's been a long time since I've checked in with a Comment of the Week, and we're going to do it a bit differently today. Kermit received a couple of cryptic e-mails sent to his old "Fire Lou Piniella" address from a distressed Yankees fan. It's hard to argue that they are Comment of ... Read More